6 Indians lose qualifiers

It was a dismal day for Indians at the Bangalore Open, a US $175,000 Sony Ericsson WTA Tier-III event, all the six aspirants playing in the qualifying rounds were eliminated.

Akshita Raj, Punam Reddy, Parul Goswamy, G K Shwetha, Megha Vakharia and Sandhya Nagaraj lost in the first round of the qualifying phase at the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association courts on Saturday.